Saturday, February 8, 2025

Gift Trio Inspired By Create Together 1 - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Yesterday was the first Create Together Live Class from Simon Says Stamp - a free class that had the option to pre-buy a kit, or just use supplies that you have on hand. I watched along live, and pulled out some of my own supplies to create along! I went my own direction, but was inspired by some of the colors and themes. It was such a fun time of crafting! If you want to watch the Sending Love Virtual Class Event on replay, you can find it HERE!


I started off with a different layered stencil set than they used - Layered Flowers - and a similar color palette. I added one color family, and grabbed a couple colors in a lighter tone than the ones they used for the class - Carnation, Apple, Cheeky, and Tidepool. I blended the entire panel on a large piece of white cardstock, then trimmed off enough to cut the largest Stitched Rectangle from. I die cut a Nested Round Heart from the center of that panel to create a shaker window. That was backed with a bit of white cardstock that I blended Cheeky and Tidepool ink onto, then filled with Pretty Pink Posh Iridescent Star Confetti. The sentiment was the Fancy Hello wafer die, cut from Champagne Glitter cardstock and vellum, and the tiny secondary sentiment was stamped from Hugs to You stamp set in Apple ink. Mounted that on a Cream cardbase, then added some Lawn Fawn White Hemp Twine tied around it. Moving on to the gift bag - that was die cut using the Gift Bag die from Cotton Candy cardstock. I used that stenciled heart from the card, and layered some vellum over top to soften it up a bit, then added the Rose Winged Butterfly, also die cut from Champagne Glitter cardstock (also used for the handles of the gift bag). Wrapped some May Arts Faux Silk ribbon around the bag, and added a few Dazzling Gems in clear and a tiny sentiment from Gratitude Reverse Sentiment Strips over the top! Finally, that tag was created with the final leftover strip from stenciling, layered over a bit of white cardstock, then die cut with the largest Label Tags wafer die. Added some of those same reverse sentiments over the top, and a few of the clear gems, as well as a bit of the white twine to the top to finish that one off! Here are more photos of all of these completed projects:













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Friday, February 7, 2025

Split Floral Wreath Modern Cards - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Today I've got another card to share with the same stamp set I created with a couple days ago - and using up some colored cardstock strips from yet another couple of cards earlier this week! All of these are from Simon Says Stamp - and I love the combination!


Much like the other two cards I shared HERE, I used the Anemone Wreath stamp set, only this time I stamped in black in the center of a panel of cardstock sized 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" - this way I could once again cut it in half and end up with two A2 panels to adhere directly onto my cardbases. Then I took the leftover strips of Rainbow Splash cardstock from THESE cards and adhered half of them each on one of the cards, leaving one more warm tones, and one in cooler tones. I trimmed off the excess, then added sentiments from Reverse Sunshine and Rainbows sentiment strips over the top, adhering with foam adhesive, and tucking a little bundle of gold thread behind it. Finished off with some coordinating Dazzling Gems in rows on the colored cardstock strips, and then a few clustered around the sentiments! Here are more photos of these finished cards:










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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Creative Floral Stamping YT Live - Simon Says Stamp

 Good morning! Yesterday I did a YouTube live on my own personal YouTube channel, using some supplies from Simon Says Stamp. I shared a fun floral stamp technique, and love the way it worked! The card on the right I created live, the card on the left was done in advance to test out the technique and make sure it worked in practice like it worked in my head - haha!


Here is the live video if you want to see this technique in action, or you can watch it directly on YouTube HERE:


While the video demonstrates it best, I'll try to briefly explain it here! I used the Beautiful Flowers stamp set to stamp on a panel of white cardstock, leaving the stamp in my MISTI so I could restamp it after adding the thin strips of colored cardstock. The colored cardstock all comes from the Rainbow Splash Cardstock Rainbow pack. Once those were in place (leaving a small space between each one), I put the panel back in my MISTI, and restamped the image over the top. This gave a perfect impression both on the white cardstock and on the colored cardstock! I trimmed the panel down slightly and rounded off one corner with my Corner Chomper, then added a stamped sentiment from the same stamp set. To add to the finished design, I wrapped some May Arts Gold Metallic string around the entire panel, fitting it into each of the grooves between the colored cardstock strips. Popped the entire thing up on a Cream cardbase, then added a few Honey Bee pearls to embellish! Here are more photos of these finished cards:










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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Rainbow Split Wreath cards - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! I'm dropping in with a duo of cards again, this time created by splitting one single image into two cards. I'm using some lovely stamp sets and inks from Simon Says Stamp to put these together. I also love the rainbow theme with these flowers!


I started off with the lovely Anemone Wreath stamp set. I heat embossed it in clear in the center of a panel of cardstock sized 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" - this way when the image was heat embossed, I could cut it in half and end up with two A2 panels. Because they were heat embossed in clear, once I started ink blending over the top, the images magically appeared! I started off with my lightest shades of Pawsitively Saturated inks, and blended a soft ombre on each one, then came in with my next darkest shade and a smaller brush to focus on the the wreath areas. Once I finished that, I added a few black splatters with Picket Fence Opaque Black Paper Splatter. I set those aside to dry, and stamped my larger sentiments using Sunshine and Smiles stamp and die set. I trimmed those panels down, and then popped my larger sentiments up with foam adhesive, then added little secondary sentiments from Mix and Match Butterflies stamp set underneath. Popped those panels up with foam adhesive on white cardbases, then finished off wit a few Trinity Stamps Glossy Holographic enamel dots. Here's a closer look at these cards:







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Monday, February 3, 2025

Rainbow Foiled Snowflakes - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! I'm here today with a couple of shiny foiled snowflake cards using various supplies from Simon Says Stamp. Have you ever noticed how HARD it is to photograph foiled cards?!? I feel like the photos never do them justice! :)


For these cards I used the Falling Snowflakes Foil Transfer sheets. These are toner based foiling - so they require the correct foil for that technique. While I don't have a laminator or a Minc machine to do this, I have found a trick that works with the Solid Hot Foil Plate from Pinkfresh. (You can watch a video HERE on my YouTube channel showing how this technique works - I want to do another video again soon sharing this trick with newer supplies, so watch for that someday soon!) Using that technique, I foiled the panel with Mystic Rainbow Decofoil. THEN...I used a White Toner sheet to foil the reverse image! What?!? My friend Lea told me about these - and I thought it was so cool! I trimmed the panels down, added sentiments from Everyday EZ Strips Sentiment Strips and Reverse Bold Hello Sentiment Strips, popped up on a bit of foam. Finished off with LOTS of Dazzling Gems in Prism for that extra touch of sparkle! Here are more photos of these cards - and my best attempt to capture the rainbow shine:











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